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Yesterday morning I roasted a just under 4lb chicken. Moe had toast and a chicken leg for breakfast and I had intended to make hot chicken sandwiches for dinner. That didn't happen. So this morning I made Moe a hot chicken sandwich with twice fried fries, lots of gravy and canned peas. Diner food. I love how just a small chicken will net me a litre of gravy. Liquid gold.

A za'atar and white chocolate cookie sounded interesting so I gave it a whirl... It was good. You get the milkiness of the white chocolate, followed by the herby tanginess of the za'atar, then a blend of the two. A surprisingly effective and harmonious combo. I prefer my cookies less cakey so lowered the temperature and indulged in a spot of pan-bangin' for more crunch... Recipe here.

Another day; another fried rice. 酸菜牛肉炒饭 (suān cài niú ròu chǎo fàn). Beef and Pickled Vegetable (Chinese sauerkraut) fried rice.

In fairness, they cheerfully refunded my money ... ☺️

No. I dont see that option.

I'm pretty sure this is the one.

Salad of lettuce mix, bacon, tomatoes, onion, avocado, blue cheese and the Amish tomato bacon dressing I got recently. With toasted buttered Cristal bread.

Those are the brand I love! I use them to make Momofuku ranch dressing.

Pan-Fried Potatoes and Sauerkraut - potatoes get pre-cooked before pan-fried with the kielbasa. In parallel, you cook sauerkraut, bell peppers and scallions before mixing everything. Served with sour cream dip made with sour cream, plenty of mustard and some milk

This bit really made me laugh! But I feel your pain on the space issue. We began with a pickup-mounted camper, and after a summer of trips here and there, and a week solid on the road, we agreed we needed more space. I turned out some pretty good dinners, but quickly ran out of space if I tried anything like what I'd do at home...or here. Kudos to your husband for finding just exactly the right size cutting board for the stove top!

I have a bunch of these bags, which we use all the time. At one point, we had 23 of them, but some have perished or been lost. I worked next door to a trader joes for a long time, and I'd buy any I liked. I make a modification, though. I add a shoulder strap of 1" webbing. 44" one side to a side release buckle, 6" on hte ohter side of the buckle in a fixed loop. The first couple I did I made a fixed strap out of canvas, and decided it needed to be adjustable. when we lived in the condo and were street parking, I could carry about 12 loaded bags a couple blocks.

The Winding Stair Bookshop and Café Chapter One Etto The Brazen Head (Ireland's oldest pub) Trinity College/Book of Kells National Gallery of Ireland National Museum of Ireland

Halibut cooked atop lentils with sautéed peppers and onions.

Beans 'n' Greens: Sautéed kale and shaved Brussels sprouts with garlic and aleppo pepper flakes with black beans enhanced with cumin, ground chipotle, and ground roasted garlic over white rice.

Staying in the North Wall Area and Temple Bar area.. looking for food and activities ideas Thanks Doc B

We have a surprise late attendee. Laurent Van den Broecke. He now lives in South Carolina, but is from Belgium. He is just getting his chocolate business up and running and looking to talk with others in the business. Welcome Laurent.

Finally got around to cooking those beef short ribs, braised in a red wine sauce. Very tender, sauce was luscious. 🙂 I think it's the classic recipe? Browned the ribs, then a sauté of onion, celery, carrot, garlic. Added red wine and reduced. Bit of tomato paste. Beef stock, thyme and bay leaf and added meat back in, then braise for a couple of hours. Strain sauce, reduce a bit and thicken as necessary (I used a bit of cornstarch).

Beef short ribs braised in a red wine sauce.

The other day, I cooked up a pound of RG Marcella beans and made the Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew from NYT Cooking. Very good. The header notes suggest a flaky white fish or seared scallops as alternatives to the shrimp so I made it again with some petrale sole filets from my weekly fish share. They’re so delicate, I just put them on top of the beans and added some sugar snaps and some tiny, bean-sized tomatoes.

Could it be a misspelling of Yucatan? There is a well known one from there called Sopa de lima (lime soup, with lime juice, chicken, fried tortilla, broth ect)

Is Yucan the name of the restaurant or of the soup? Did you live in Lomita or Lomia? Edited to add that this is a bit of a leap as it doesn’t match with anything you’ve asked, but on the outside chance that you lived in Lomita and went to the Yucatán Grill in Seal Beach, they offer a Sopa de Lima made with chicken. Coincidentally, @Smithy recently made a Sopa de Lima recipe she got from a chef in San Diego. You can find a link to the recipe she uploaded and her description of making it in this post.

Some sausage nibbles with a mustard dip for starters. Followed by tortellini with a lamb, eggplant ragu. A little clean out the fridge day.

When living in So. Cal., Lomia, there was a Mexican restaurant that we went to often. When I was sick I did take out a big bowl of their soup. I live now in ID. and there is nothing like that here and when we are in Phoenix we have not found that style of chicken soup there either. I have written to the restaurant and the Los Angeles times for the recipe to no avail. I've done some extensive research on the restaurant and it appears to be Yucan chicken soup. It didn't have lemon, noodles or dark red colour. It did have rice. I looked on the internet but no luck. l

In the store I shop in, it’s gotta be the escalators!

What's the attraction?